Apparatus for distributing material



INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY.

Sept. 20, 1932. "r. ZACCHEO APPARATUS 'FOR DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL Filed July 7, 1930 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 Q THOMAS zaeorrno, ,OTE"WINDSOR-LOCKS;GONNEGTIGUQI: i

x nrrnraerus FOB msrnnsucbritama'rnnrhn Application filed J'ul'y 7 1930. "Serial masseuse i This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for distributing material and relates more particularly to improvementsin apparatus for distributing" and spreading material such assand and the like on road-' ways and other surfaces I The objects of the invention are the provision'of' apparatus of the class described whichis' simple inconstr'uction and eflicient in operation andis accomplished by the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which: Figl is a sid'eelevational view'of a dis tributing apparatus embodying the novel features of theiinvention. p x Fig. 2 is a partial sectional elevational' view taken on theline 22 of Fig. ,1,'and

line 3-8ofFigi 2. p n V Referring now to the drawing in detail the novel features of theinvention will bedescribed. V W A tank or-body in the form of a receptacle is represented at 2 which hasfront, side and rear walls represented by 4, (Sand 8 as well as a lower wall-10. The lower wall is pr-ef- 13a 'erably inclined upwardly frorn the frontjwall as shown. This is so thatsand orother ma.-

7 terial contained in thebody will tend to flow forwardly thereof towardsia transverse discharge slot 12 in said lower wall 10, v f- Bracket members 14 extend downwardly at therear of the body and adjacent the sides thereof and-carry anaXle 16. A platform 18 extends outwardly from the rear end of the body which has :its outer edgebracedby J struts 20 fixed thereto and the bracket members14.;y .7 tongue 22 extends'outwardlyfrom -the forward end of the body and is suitably braced by struts 23 as shown; fWheels 24 'at opposite ends of the axle 16 are for supporting the rear end of thebody; may have an eye so"as to besuitably connected to a t'ractor orother vehicle by which the'forward; end, of the body may be supported,

Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional view on the .i

" The tongue while 'at'the same-,timeit is hauledthereby along; I roadwayior thelike for the distributingand spreading operation.

Ashaft 28is rotatablein bearing mem'ber's I 30-located at opposite sides of the bo'dyand adjacent the forward endthereo-f. F'Ihis'shaft '6 has offset crank portions 32 at opposite ends thereof like that shown in 28 and at the outside the planes -'0f=.the' sides of the body. v Sprockets 34 are-fixed to theshaft 28=at op posite 'ends thereof- Connecting rods 36 110- no tatable on the crank portions of the shearejceive in their'upper ends, rod portions 38 of an agitating member 40"Whieh is pr'efferably "in-the form era screen. 5 v

Endless drive chains 42 engagingltlieg sprocketsf34 also engage similar 'sprocke'ts 44 "which are rotatable with the wheels-24. As

the body 2 is hauled-along a roadway, and'as the wheels 24jrotate the shaft 28 is rotated.

from the-jwheelsby means of the. chains and-7 V sprockets" V p 7 Y he screen 40 isdisposedin avertical plane at the forward end of the body and is preferably 'loc'ated over and above the' discharge slot 12. This screen is guided for,1'1p' .and75.

down movements between guiderolls 46" which are arranged in spaced and staggered relation V and receive ;therebetween the opposite faces of the agitatorscreen at its opposite {side edges. These rolls 46 are preferablymount'ed for rotation on studsor pins 48 carried by the inner facesof the/side walls 6. 7

-As the body 2is'hauled ,al'ong the ground" soasto rotate the wheels 24 and thereby the shaft 28', thescreenfis move'dup'and'down by movements ofthe comiect-ing rods 536.2 1 the screen'mo'vesup and down'material in the body is agitated and loosened so that it will flow freely through the discharge. slot'12. a. In the case of sand-this agitation has been 00 a :24, :Whille use I 7 found to be necessary, especially when the V sand is damp or wet.

A perforated distributing member preferably in the form of a screen is supported in a horizontal plane below the shaft 28 by 7 means of brackets or end plates 52 depending from the lower wall of the body at the forward end thereof." A distributing member 54 having a plurality of longitudinal grooves 56 and ridges 58, which are alternatelyarranged, is carried by and is rotatable with the shaftr28h it r a Aslsandnrfsothernamateriallis -1discharged I through slot 12, it will fall onto the distributing member which as it rotates will distribute and spread th'e niateriiilover the.

screen 50, The grooves and ridges 5 6 and 58 comprising the distributermaybe'formed on' the shaft or the distributeremayicomprise a.

separatepart or parts fixedt'othe shaft.

. a :A damper or shutter "5%l' ;;is;slidable i'below a .thetslotorl2- i-n andbetweenbrackets56-:car-

eeonnectediat its otherend --to 'the--damper '54.

A p1ate- 6 carried hy-the forward-wallofthe Qbodgy isearranged-to engage the lever :58 sofias .toiholdrit-inwariousgpfositions;

v i the -lever -is ;swung t-in one direction or ihe otherthe damper is -moved thereby eto many the amountpf opening or width of the elot rand in i thatiway control :the;a1nount "of sand discharged throughzthe slot QHtOEthQ-d-i-S- atributer, Y1 I jL 3 lmgperationwvith the tongue :22 :attached gtoa tractor truckorthelikesthebody may bee el h eby along w dwayc vThe e tend :of ithe diody supported '-,the wheels i -ward er ffis ipportedby the tractor so that the screen [-50 as w deb e-t eg nd-g s Tthe body ,is hauled along the -,roadway .:the wheels are thereby rotated, @the Lina ishaft 28 Lis-rotatedby means -.o f the sprockets ,andgchains so that the connecting ,rods '36 move ,ttheiagitating screen 140 up and down.

Ehi5 inrovement of (the screen agitates -or 1oosens .-the sand or other, material in the a italilcbodyiso itlrat-itrwill flow-through the slot 12 andlfall onto the (rotating, distributing member 54. I @thnows the sand xor(distributes.itevenly over the screen 50. lllhe sand .falls through the 15 m men r h rea w yo n es. it i ltributed :rnore 01: airless evenly on v,theascreen i510 sit .is therefore likewise-distributed more :or less evenly on th'e ,roadway as the aap para- I ftuslisimdued thereover. a pr wtermay ta a apo n \On rp distributing, Jmember form 18 so as to Watch the operation of the apparatus and he may, bymoving the lever 58in one direction or the other, control the amount of sand to'be distributed orspread upon the roadway. g 7

Having described the invention in the format present preferred, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: g

ljAn apparatus for distributing material comprising in combination, a tank body having forward,;side,- rear and bottom walls, the said bottom wall. being vprovidedwith a transverse slot adjacent said forward wall, wheels for supporting said body located ad- 'i jaceiit saiddear-wall, a rotatable shaft below and parallel with said slot provided with a di'stributer formed "by alternate longitudinal grooves and ridges,.oflset cranks at opposite ends ofsaid shaft, a vertically disposed agitater-extending 'between'ithe side walls of'the body guidfed for up and down movements" by rolls ontheinner faces ofs'sai'd side walls, contnectingrods" between; said cranks Iand.. ,the upper side :edges' of said agitator, sprockets on opposite ends of said shaftgand adjacent said supporting wheels connected by driving jchains whereby the shaft :is-iactuated by rotative1movements-ofsaidwheel. 7 An apparatus for. distributingmaterial comprising-fincombination, :a tank body havmg forward, side,rear;and bottom walls,.the

' .sa'idlbottom wallkbeing provided with a transverse s'lot' adj acerit said forward wall,- wheels supportingsaid wbody located adjacent said arear wall, a rotatable shaft fbelow' and parallelwith said slot provided with :a distributfer formedlo alternate'longit'udinal grooves-and ridges oi set 'cra'n'ks at' opposite ends of said shaft, a vertically disposed agitatorextending between theside wallsof the body guided for-up and down ,movem'en'ts on-the inner faces of 'said side walls, connecting rods "between said cranks and the upper side edges of 'saidagitator whereby said agitator is sup- ,iported by' said crank and :reiciprocated up ganddown accordingly asthe shaft rotates,

sprockets "on oppositeien'ds ofsaid shaft and "adjacent; said "supporting wheels connected iby driving 'chains wherebyjthe'shaft is actu- 'ated by;rotativemovements of said wheels.

3; Ari-apparatus for distributing mate- I,

rial comprising-in combination, a tank'bod the said bottom waillbeing provided with a transverse discharge slot-adjacent said for-v ward'wa'lhwheels fol-"supporting said body "ilocated adjacent said*rear wall, a' rotatable parallel Wvith said-slot pro-- having forward, side, rear and bottom'walls,

tically disposed agitator extending between 1 the-side wall'sof the bodyian d guided thereon for up andadown movements, "connecting rods between said ,cranks and the upper :sides of said agitator whereby the agitator is supported by the cranks and moved up and down thereby, sprockets on opposite ends of said shaft and adjacent said supporting wheels connected by driving chains whereby the shaft is actuated by rotative movements of said wheels, a screen disposed below said agitator and a member below said slot to open and close the same. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS ZACGHEO. 

